Example sentences of "making [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went back to it carefully , stroking it gently and making shushing noises with my mouth . |
| 2 | When you have shared years of happiness and companionship , making that final choice seems like an act of treachery but it will probably be the kindest , bravest decision you will have made for your pet . |
| 3 | But the falling yen is now making that especially hard to achieve on the sinking stockmarket . |
| 4 | He 'd have to risk the pipes making that queer noise they sometimes did when you turned on the tap . |
| 5 | ‘ The hard part is not letting it go to your head , but I ca n't see Kylie making that mistake . |
| 6 | But if they nevertheless persist in making that perambulation in the manner aforesaid , we must endure it for the present , and await an opportune time to amend it . |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose it was n't you making that crowing noise this morning , Stevens ? ’ |
| 8 | But the Barclays Franchise Pack can guide you in making that decision by prompting the questions that you should ask of both yourself , the prospective franchiser , and even some of the existing franchisees . |
| 9 | But , assuming that the formal external information resource does have a significant role to play in helping corporations to achieve viable strategies , the overwhelming message for information providers is that much more effort needs to be put into making that resource — whether in traditional print or in online form — more comprehensible in its overall structure , and easier to access and use in its individual parts , by the non-specialist user . |
| 10 | The watertable may rise when there is very heavy rain , perhaps to the height of the upper passage and its cavern where the stream will flow for a short time , making that passage just a little larger . |
| 11 | He kept on making that great music and playing great up until he passed away . |
| 12 | That was real exciting , too , but I do n't think anything was as exciting as making that first record . ’ |
| 13 | Making that transition is n't so bad , unless I want to do something that relies heavily on feedback or ambience . |
| 14 | ‘ I hated making that film . |
| 15 | If we took half the amount of effort in planning our future we would be much more certain of making that a success too . |
| 16 | When making that payment , Tradeco must deduct income tax at the basic rate and pay that to the Revenue . |
| 17 | During the hay and silage making that summer farmers had to wear dust masks to allow them to work in the dust . |
| 18 | For instance– ‘ Thanks very much for making that suggestion — do you want to say ally more about it ? ’ |
| 19 | Ask for motives : ‘ On what basis are you making that interpretation ? ’ , |
| 20 | Mr Ingram drives a company car , so the banding changes making that more expensive will probably persuade him to go for a smaller model . |
| 21 | For example , as tax avoidance schemes are dreamt up by corporate accountants and lawyers or financial entrepreneurs , so the law attempts to encapsulate them by making that specific tax avoidance scheme illegal . |
| 22 | There are a number of significant steps that have to be taken before the IB can even contemplate making that sort of decision . |
| 23 | IT MUST be awful being in Guns N' Roses , standing next to Axl Rose and listening to him making that funny noise all the time . |
| 24 | Already he was capable , it seemed , of making that impact on the stage which was , in record time , to put him at the top of his treacherous profession and bring on the applause of his finest contemporaries . |
| 25 | X and make it standard with Solaris 2.1 and 2. x , making that stuff more attractive . |
| 26 | The M4 motorway reaches the district , with Bristol 1¾ hours , Cardiff 1¼ hours and Swansea 35–40 minutes away , making that day visit very easy and manageable too ! |
| 27 | I 'm rather good at making that . " |
| 28 | But this is so only if we equate democracy with a simple and unrestrained majoritarianism , and as we have seen , there are good democratic reasons for not making that equation . |
| 29 | yes you would actually get , a magic E right , or a magic I making that vowel right say its long name , so it would be quite difficult to say dig giding |
| 30 | Yes it 's the magic E , is n't it , and what 's it making that A say ? |